HTLV-1 associated T-cell lymphoma in a patient with a 10-year history of non-epidermotropic T-cell skin infiltrates.
We report a patient who had non-epidermotropic T-cell infiltrates of the skin for 10 years prior to the development of a HTLV-1 associated disseminated T-cell lymphoma. The presentation and initial course of the lymphoma were unusual and we believe this is the first report of such an association. We therefore feel that patients of Caribbean origin with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma should be tested for HTLV-1 so that appropriate chemotherapy can be instituted at the outset in this poor prognosis group.
Tonkin
K S
KS
Cancer Research Campaign Laboratories, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
Rustin
G J
GJ
Paradinas
F J
FJ
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000150:complications*; D016410:Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*